Franklin Library 为美国两家高级图书出版商之一(另一家是Easton Press),出版时间为1973-2000年,所发行的图书均已绝版,故而极有收藏价值。其刊印的图书根据封皮装帧样式及材质可分为三类:全皮装帧(Genuine Full Leather)、仿皮装帧(Imitation Leather or Leatherette,无锻带书签,环衬非水波纹丝绸页)、1/4皮装帧(Quarter Bound Leather,仅书脊为真皮,环衬非水波纹丝绸页)。其中全皮装帧质量最好,主要特点有:全牛皮封皮,22K金烫印压花装饰;水波纹丝绸页前后环衬;锻带书签;竹节书脊;书口三面刷金;内页为存档级无酸纸(可保存数百年);配制名家插图等。此类图书装帧精美,材质上乘,兼顾艺术性和实用性,实为案头珍藏佳选。 Franklin Library出版的系列有: • The 100 Greatest Books of All Time (100 books) • The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature (100 books) • The Collected Stories of the World’s Greatest Writers (100 books) • 60 Signed Limited Editions (60 books) • Pulitzer Prize Classics (53 books) • Franklin Mystery Masterpieces (51 books) • The First Edition Society (72 books) • The Great Books of the Western World (96 books) • World’s Best-Loved Books (100 books) • Greatest Books of the 20th Century (50 books) - Oxford Library of The World's Greatest Books (50 volumes)
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